✅ Separate local function with explicit 'return' statement

string[] words = {"racecar" ,"talented", "deified", "tent", "tenet"};

Console.WriteLine("Is it a palindrome?");
foreach (string word in words) 
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{word}: {IsPalindrome(word)}");
}

bool IsPalindrome(string word)
{
    int startPointerIndex = 0;
    int endPointerIndex = word.Length - 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < word.Length - 1; i++)
    {
        if (word[startPointerIndex] == word[endPointerIndex] && startPointerIndex < endPointerIndex)
        {
            continue;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }

        startPointerIndex++;
        endPointerIndex--;
    }

    return true;
}